Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Statue of Napoleon
- Bootham School
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- King Richard II and York
- The Roman Fortress
- Cinema Comes to York
- Treasurer's House
- The Medieval Castle
- St Leonard's Hospital
- George Leeman
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Roman Head Pot
- A New Vision For York
- The Black Death
- The Female Prison
- Bronze weights